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Paul Spacey said:
I did that drive a while back for a 4-day trip. Do teams/parents actually drive from CA to AZ (or vice-versa) for one game of kids' soccer? If so, fair play to you; equal parts committed and crazy :D
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Fortunately the vast majority of trips are team trips. The club hires a bus company to drive the teams out. Coaches go, and usually each team has a couple of chaperones go.

Now the game EJ references was over Thanksgiving. On that parents were driving.
 
Justafan said:
You're right, everybody on this forum has a pretty big ego, including me. And we all think our own kids are the greatest, nothing wrong with that. And with few exceptions, we all caught the soccer addiction/bug at one point or another. And most, especially those with younger kids, NEED A FIX big time. I get that. Shoot, I remember a game being cancelled because of light drizzle when my dd's were in AYSO and I was pissed! I needed MY "fix."
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Drove our to temecula in the pouring rain and passed a dead guy laying on the freeway, got to the field and the game was canceled, perspective.
 
Simisoccerfan said:
With Big Ten out it is getting close to 50%. Once it dips below 50% the NCAA won't hold a championship. At that point everyone will cancel. Watch for Pac 12 to cancel next.
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Spot on Simi. PAC 12 just canceled as you predicted. More to follow, that’s inevitable.

None of us want to see youth soccer canceled for the fall but that’s what seems to be happening unfortunately, certainly from an official games perspective anyway.

We will likely continue to see an increase in the types of privately organized scrimmages/games this post first started from. I don’t see teams/parents/coaches settling for just practicing from now until the end of the year.
 
Paul Spacey said:
Spot on Simi. PAC 12 just canceled as you predicted. More to follow, that’s inevitable.

None of us want to see youth soccer canceled for the fall but that’s what seems to be happening unfortunately, certainly from an official games perspective anyway.

We will likely continue to see an increase in the types of privately organized scrimmages/games this post first started from. I don’t see teams/parents/coaches settling for just practicing from now until the end of the year.
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You are likely spot on for what the immediate future holds for youth soccer in CA.

In the meantime, NJ has gone from an extreme lock down to tournament play inside of 4 months. Their latest endeavor was a college showcase put on by EDP. From what I've read and from reports from people I know there, it went off without any major hiccups.

Hopefully DOCs, local officials, etc take notice, learn something...or not.

www.soccerwire.com

College recruiting returns at EDP Showcase 2020

The EDP Showcase 2020 was played this weekend.
www.soccerwire.com www.soccerwire.com
 
happy9 said:
You are likely spot on for what the immediate future holds for youth soccer in CA.

In the meantime, NJ has gone from an extreme lock down to tournament play inside of 4 months. Their latest endeavor was a college showcase put on by EDP. From what I've read and from reports from people I know there, it went off without any major hiccups.

Hopefully DOCs, local officials, etc take notice, learn something...or not.

www.soccerwire.com

College recruiting returns at EDP Showcase 2020

The EDP Showcase 2020 was played this weekend.
www.soccerwire.com www.soccerwire.com
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AZ league schedules go up Aug 17. Late Aug or early Sept start date.

Tournaments start up end of Aug/early Sept as well.
 
happy9 said:
You are likely spot on for what the immediate future holds for youth soccer in CA.

In the meantime, NJ has gone from an extreme lock down to tournament play inside of 4 months. Their latest endeavor was a college showcase put on by EDP. From what I've read and from reports from people I know there, it went off without any major hiccups.

Hopefully DOCs, local officials, etc take notice, learn something...or not.

www.soccerwire.com

College recruiting returns at EDP Showcase 2020

The EDP Showcase 2020 was played this weekend.
www.soccerwire.com www.soccerwire.com
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Interesting, thanks for sharing. If we can get from this point to holding tournaments within months, that will be a result.

And you are right; you would hope we will all watch, listen and learn from what is happening in other states.
 
Desert Hound said:
AZ league schedules go up Aug 17. Late Aug or early Sept start date.

Tournaments start up end of Aug/early Sept as well.
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What are the GAL, DPL , ECNL and MLS in teams in AZ going to do? 70% of their league is in lockdown? Go to Texas? I think NV and Utah will have some tournaments but with no league play that leaves a ton of open dates. Kids going to sub down to APL just to get playing time?
 
Desert Hound said:
AZ league schedules go up Aug 17. Late Aug or early Sept start date.

Tournaments start up end of Aug/early Sept as well.
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Things are improving considerably for you in AZ as far as the virus. If the "R" is what they are actually calculating, it will keep getting better.

Any idea what restrictions they will have? I know STX mentioned some of the conditions they enforce for there games and tournaments.
 
Desert Hound said:
AZ league schedules go up Aug 17. Late Aug or early Sept start date.

Tournaments start up end of Aug/early Sept as well.
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With the likelihood of travel to CA being next to zero for the fall, have they figured out what the letter leagues (ECNL,GA,MLS, ABCDE, FGHI) are going to do? Are they only going to play teams within their own leagues or are they considering friendlies across leagues?
 
tjinaz said:
What are the GAL, DPL , ECNL and MLS in teams in AZ going to do? 70% of their league is in lockdown? Go to Texas? I think NV and Utah will have some tournaments but with no league play that leaves a ton of open dates. Kids going to sub down to APL just to get playing time?
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Oops, should have looked at your post first, I just asked the same question
 
tjinaz said:
What are the GAL, DPL , ECNL and MLS in teams in AZ going to do? 70% of their league is in lockdown? Go to Texas? I think NV and Utah will have some tournaments but with no league play that leaves a ton of open dates. Kids going to sub down to APL just to get playing time?
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That actually is the big question.

I suspect if CA stays closed we will see some of the following:

- playing in local tournaments
- possible scrimmages vs other clubs in the area
- playing the few games we can in league vs AZ and NV teams.

I dont think you are going to see these clubs having their players play on APL. They get better practice scrimmaging vs the age groups above and below them in the club to be honest.
 
Not sure I see a direct link between college sports not having a fall season and youth sports. If these other states are open and not having any issues with youth sports why not CA. Who knows with this state.
 
Paul Spacey said:
We will likely continue to see an increase in the types of privately organized scrimmages/games this post first started from. I don’t see teams/parents/coaches settling for just practicing from now until the end of the year.
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But that's a real problem from a policy perspective. Because if CalSouth doesn't crack the whip, others will begin to copy because there are no negative consequences . That in turn will pressure other clubs to start scrimmaging because of a) the fear of falling behind,, b) parents complaining "well team x y z is practicing", and c) the frustration from the kids who see their friends practicing but they can't will bring morale down really low. In the end, either everyone has to be in the pool or everyone has to be out of it...CalSouth has to decide which...if it allows stuff like this to happen they will signal (even by their silence) everyone should be in the pool and they risk whatever governmental consequences might come their way.
 
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